fyrst

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English

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Adjective

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fyrst (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of first.

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [fɪst] (phonetic respelling: fyst)

Adverb

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fyrst

  1. first, first of all

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Icelandic

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Adverb

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fyrst

  1. superlative degree of snemma; first
    Við kaupum fyrst inn.
    We begin by doing the shopping.

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Adjective

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fyrst

  1. feminine/neuter singular of fyrstur (first)

Conjunction

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fyrst

  1. since
    Fyrst þú heimsóttir mig á spítalann þá fyrirgef ég þér.
    Since you visited me in the hospital I forgive you.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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fyrst (indeclinable)

  1. the titular prefix given to a prince - fyrst Rainier.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse fyrst, fyrstr.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fʏst/ (phonetic respelling: fyst)

Adverb

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fyrst

  1. alternative form of først

Etymology 2

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Noun

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fyrst (indeclinable)

  1. the titular prefix given to a prince - fyrst Rainier.
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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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See fierst.

Noun

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fyrst m

  1. Alternative form of fierst
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See fyrest.

Adjective

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fyrst (no positive or comparative form)

  1. Alternative form of fyrest
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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *furist.

Adverb

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fyrst (adjective fyrstr, comparative fyrr)

  1. first, firstly

References

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  • fyrst”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press